Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 What's the point of joke reviews if you can't have a joke rating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 A joke rating system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Really, who thought it was smart to take down a joke review for not following standard protocol? I will never cease to be amazed at the depths of blandness this place continues to sink to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ... I am sad. ... To expand upon the above thought: This is insane. Either we shouldn't list joke scenarios, or we should make them an exception to "official" scoring. I.e.: they should not qualify for the Quality Scenarios lists. I do not like outright deleting reviews, regardless of the circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 hey guys remember when we moved CSR over here because the other CSR had too much drama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 That wasn't really why it moved. There was discussion of ways to improve it, and then *i acted on the discussion. Nobody else was actually acting, and SV was starting to lose traffic anyway, so the move had a sort of passive consensus behind it. I understand the reasoning behind keeping the review threads to just serious reviews, but maybe this was not the best way to handle things. It seems a bit odd that joke reviews with joke ratings were allowed to stay, but joke reviews not designed to contaminate the ratings system were not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 The BoA Community I personally don't have a problem with the reviews as long as the scenario is not listed on the quality/top scenario list. If its a joke scenario with joke reviews, perhaps it should get a subcategory of its own. I mean, there's only like 3 or 4 joke scenario's ever made in BoA, and if not that, there should be some sort of obvious indication that the scenario is a joke scenario and not a "real" scenario, for the BoA lurkers and people looking at the reviews. Of course, that puts scenario's like Nobody's Heroes in an awkward position. It's clearly a scenario based on humor, so technically speaking, you can call it a "joke" scenario. But its clearly well thought out, well designed, and for all intents and purposes a "real" scenario. Unless I'm confusing "Humor" with "Joke" and that they mean something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ackrovan Unless I'm confusing "Humor" with "Joke" and that they mean something different. They mean something different. Humor scenarios like Nobody's Heroes and Kill Them Dead are actual scenarios that are funny. Joke scenarios like Kill Prize, Win Ogre or one of the several "shortest scenarios ever" floating around aren't actual scenarios. Come to think of it, there aren't any joke scenarios listed in the review section except, apparently, To Hell in a Handbasket. (Though Dikiyoba has not played it and so has no first-hand knowledge of the scenario.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 See, now I feel bad. My original comment was mainly aimed at how the scenario had been given serious scores and would presumably be added to the Quality Scenarios list, not the content of the reviews. Slithy's review, I thought, was actually really funny, and wasn't the kind of review I was complaining about, since it didn't give a score. Deleting it was excessive, and doing it with no warning (didn't Synergy get a chance to change his review when it was going to be deleted?), is wrong. Long and short of it is that I feel like a d**k. Sorry for bringing this up everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 What we really need is a subcategory rating system, because it's not humor if it isn't regulated. Meanwhile, ANGST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 If you want to make jokes about scenarios or comment on reviews or something, make a thread in the regular BoA forum, not a ratings post. Ratings posts are ratings posts. The goal is to help players figure out which scenarios to play, and to give designers feedback. If you're not doing that, do whatever you're doing in BoA discussion, not ratings. Since, after all... Click to reveal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: Enraged Slith Meanwhile, ANGST. Don't worry, I am angst-ing right along with you: Click to reveal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 There was warning, anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: Celtic Minstrel There was warning, anyway... All I saw was you telling Slithy he needed to have a rating. If communication occurred privately, that's a different matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ...is that insufficient warning? He did see it, after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Saying "you need a rating or the review will be removed" would probably be how I'd have worded the post in fairness, but if you feel you gave sufficient warning, then that's your call. I've no interest in seeing this dragged out, in either case; my next post here will be announcing Discord/asking for it to be added to the review board. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Why is it okay to have joke reviews with joke ratings, that distort the function and purpose of the ratings, but not okay to have joke reviews? If the joke reviews aren't okay, shouldn't the first category be very much not okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Quote: joke reviews with joke ratings, that distort the function and purpose of the ratings They don't necessarily, if treated properly (obviously handled as jokes, not mixed with serious ratings, or not with serious ratings of serious things, etc.). Whether it is practical to so treat them is the real question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Yes, but that applies double to joke reviews without ratings as well. They can't distort the ratings. And since it has already been decided to dispose of those, the fact that you can do a little dance to prevent joke reviews with joke ratings from distorting the ratings is not much of a defense for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I personally feel like the joke reviews might be misleading. Sure, they might be a nice read, but... I dunno... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I don't discriminate on the scenarios and review processes; it is up to you guys to be honest. I deemed the review in question to be inappropriate for these boards and it was removed immediately just like any other post would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 My thoughts really haven't changed since this response. Specifically, Quote: Any member of the community now has a feel of which recent scenarios are good, and which are not. But five years down the road, that will not be the case for newcomers. The main purpose of CSR is to hold reasonably accurate ratings for older scenarios in a central location, so that newcomers with no background knowledge know how best to plan their time. (Note that I'm saying this as a CSR user, not a CSR contributor. It's something I'd like to remedy in the near future, but still...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 (grumbles and strikes his review from the record) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Now that we've had this running for a while, any chance we can make one for BoE as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk S M Adventurer Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Originally Posted By: BainIhrno Now that we've had this running for a while, any chance we can make one for BoE as well? I second this notion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Sure. Bain, would you like to head up the project? I'll make the forums. We just need somebody with more time than me to populate it with scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Haven't been around much lately, I know, but I'd love to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Bain -- Forum is ready. Same rules as BoA forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The first Adventurer's Club scenario is ready to be rated. I still have a day left of classes, after that I'll put more scenarios up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I've got a ton of time on my hands, so I could probably help post scenarios. (I know I said this about BoA and never did anything, but hopefully this time I'll really get around to it. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Since no reviews have been posted for BoE thusfar (other than my own), I'd like to port some reviews over. I'm thinking : 10 - 8.8 Best 8.7 - 7.5 Good 7.4 - 5.0 Average 4.9 - 3.0 Substandard 2.9 - 1 Poor I'm open to modifications to this scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 That would be great. Any reason in particular you have selected that breakdown? Perhaps we should do a simple analysis using the composite rankings of BoE scenarios at ShadowVale. I propose the following: Best = Top 5% Good = Top 20% Average = Top 50% Substandard = Top 75% Poor = Below I pick these because BoE has a lot of mediocre and outright bad scenarios having a fairly shallow learning curve. I would advocate a more generation system for BoA. A quick calculation (assuming I counted right) this yields the following: Best: 9.0 - 10.0 Good: 7.6 - 8.9 Average: 5.7 - 7.5 Substandard: 2.7 - 5.6 Poor: 1.0 - 2.6 Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 As for the breakdown, not really, just trying to find something that would make coherent sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Er, correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Kel specifically withhold permission for any of his scenarios to be posted to the CSR here or anywhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I may have forgotten about that, but Nobody's Heroes is up... EDIT: Unless he said Nobody's Heroes could be up but nothing else.. let me check EDIT 2: Looking back at this thread, he said he didn't want his scenarios on CSR, not that he didn't want them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 For what it's worth, I am converting the old CSR BoA scenario reviews. I am following a pretty basic rubric for the conversion. Since the old system was a 10-point system, and the new system is a 5-point system, I am simply dividing the old number by 2 and rounding, so: Poor (1) = 1.0-2.8 Substandard (2) = 2.9-4.8 Average (3) = 4.9-6.8 Good (4) = 6.9-8.8 Best (5) = 8.9-10 I know it is theoretically possible to have a rating of <1 with the old system, but to the best of my knowledge, it never actually happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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